Daniel C. Peterson's Blog, page 822

“You Have Come At Last”

    Someone kindly brought this wonderful story to my notice the other day, and I’m embarrassed to say that I don’t recall who it was.  But I appreciate it:   https://history.lds.org/article/pione...   May God bless the memory and the family of Anthony Obinna, and the Saints and the people of Nigeria, where life can [Read More...]

“The Great Plan of Happiness”

    Craig Foster, Mike Parker, and Martin Tanner join together in this Interpreter Foundation scripture roundtable for a conversation about 2016 Gospel Doctrine lesson 30, which focuses on Alma 40-42.  It’s the 174th such roundtable posted by the Foundation.  Despite predictions of Interpreter’s imminent death dating back to 2012, it seems that there may [Read More...]

On nastiness from a safe hiding place

    I doubt that Mr. Kinsley was thinking about anonymous/pseudonymous posters on message boards and in unfiltered newspaper comments when he wrote this, but he certainly could have been:   “He’s nice enough not to want to be associated with a nasty remark but not nice enough not to make it. Lacking the courage of [Read More...]

“Give Ear to My Words”

    In the 173rd scripture roundtable posted by the Interpreter Foundation, Daniel Peterson, Martin Tanner, and Bruce Webster focus on Alma 36-39, the chapters covered in lesson 29 of the 2016 Gospel Doctrine manual.   Posted from San Diego, California    

Notes along the way

    We drove through Las Vegas today.  Although, having lived for much of my life in both Utah and California and having family in both places, I once drove through Las Vegas a very great deal, it’s been several years since I’ve done that.  I’ve flown into and out of the city several times in [Read More...]

Happy Pioneer Day!

    I would like to wish everyone out there a happy Pioneer Day.   I’ve thought from time to time about the significance of the pioneer experience for the culture and faith of today’s Latter-day Saints, and here’s one thing that occurs to me:   That process of crossing the plains built a sense [Read More...]

“The Temple: Ancient and Restored”

    Just so you know:   https://www.amazon.com/Temple-Ancient...   Posted from Cedar City, Utah    

“The Greater Escape”

    We’ve been down in Cedar City for the Utah Shakespearean Festival, which is one of the very greatest things in the state and in the region.  In fact, it’s a national treasure.   We’re veterans.  We’ve attended every year for something like a quarter of a century.  Maybe a bit longer.   Yesterday, [Read More...]

“X marks the spot at the centre of the Milky Way”

    A (to me) somewhat surprising discovery at the very heart of our galaxy:   X marks the spot at the centre of the Milky Way   Posted from Cedar City, Utah    

“It’s Not My Party”

    As a footnote to my post of a couple of days ago, here’s something with which I largely concur:   http://www.nationalreview.com/article...   Also:   “Four Truths about the Party of Trump”   And an article with which I’m far, far more simpatico than I wish I were:   “The Magical Thinking of the [Read More...]